Zach Ziemek
Zachery Ziemek is an American athlete competing in the decathlon. Ziemek is one of only two American men to compete in 3 decathlon competitions at the Olympic Games and the only American in history to finish 3 Olympic Decathlons. Ziemek won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene with a personal best score of 8676. In 2021 he finished 6th at the Tokyo Olympics. He represented his country at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, where he finished 15th. Ziemek finished 7th in the decathlon at the 2016 Olympics.
Career
At the 2020 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) Ziemek came third behind Garrett Scantling and Steve Bastien (athlete) with an Olympic qualifying score to earn a spot at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. At the trials, Ziemek set the world record in the decathlon jumping events with performances of 7.74 in the long jump, 2.14 in the high jump, and 5.55 in the pole vault. Only three other men have ever gone higher in an 8000+pt decathlon: Erki Nool, Aleksandr Averbukh and Timothy BrightHis main personal bests are 8676 points in the decathlon and 6173 points in the indoor heptathlon.
Ziemek resides in Sun Prairie, WI and trains at his alma mater the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is coached by Nate Davis, assistant coach for the Wisconsin track & field team. He is married to Victoria Paulson Ziemek.
Personal bests
Outdoor- 100 metres – 10.46
- 400 metres – 49.04
- 1500 metres – 4:38.38
- 110 metres hurdles – 14.29
- High jump – 2.14
- Pole vault – 5.55
- Long jump – 7.73
- Shot put – 15.83
- Discus throw – 51.64
- Javelin throw – 62.55
- Decathlon – 8676
- 60 metres – 6.75
- 1000 metres – 2:48.25
- 60 metres hurdles – 8.03
- High jump – 2.06
- Pole vault – 5.40
- Long jump – 7.48
- Shot put – 14.53
- Heptathlon – 6173